يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
لَا
تَخُونُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
وَٱلرَّسُولَ
وَتَخُونُوٓاْ
أَمَٰنَٰتِكُمۡ
وَأَنتُمۡ
تَعۡلَمُونَ
٢٧
O you who have believed, do not betray Allāh and the Messenger or betray your trusts while you know [the consequence].
— Saheeh International
O die ihr glaubt, verratet nicht Allah und den Gesandten, und handelt nicht verräterisch in Bezug auf die euch anvertrauten Güter, wo ihr wisset!
— Frank Bubenheim and Nadeem
O believers! Do not betray Allah and the Messenger, nor betray your trusts knowingly.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Reason behind revealing This Ayah, and the prohibition of Betrayal
The Two Sahihs mention the story of Hatib bin Abi Balta`ah. In the year of the victory of Makkah he wrote to the Quraysh alerting them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to march towards them. Allah informed His Messenger of this,
…Reason behind revealing This Ayah, and the prohibition of Betrayal
The Two Sahihs mention the story of Hatib bin Abi Balta`ah. In the year of the victo
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